Summit Christian School senior Kaylee Anderson will follow in the footsteps of another Palm Beach County volleyball standout. Like St. Andrew's School alum Taylor Kennedy, Anderson will attend Stetson University in Central Florida after she graduates from Summit next year. Anderson has verbally committed to the Hatters and will sign her letter of intent in the near future. Summit Christian Coach Joe Herrera said Anderson, a setter and outside hitter, will play sand volleyball at Stetson.

Florida's graduate schools are getting better and more nationally competitive, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report. While the magazine has long considered the University of Florida a top school for both graduate and undergraduate programs, some other state schools are getting respect in the magazine's recently released Best Graduate Schools guide. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is now ranked a top 50 research medical school. Florida International University's law school cracked the top 100 for the first time, while Florida State University's law school overtook UF as the state's top ranked.

Brock Turner learned many things in his decade-plus of volunteer work with the Soccer Association of Boca Raton 's TOPSoccer program for special-needs athletes. "The one big thing it taught me was to be happy and thankful for what you've got," Turner said. "(The participants) can go out and have fun. They get to do something they like, and this just taught me to be happy with life and don't take anything for granted. " Turner, 19, of Boca Raton , was recently honored by the United States Youth Soccer Association as its National TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year during an awards ceremony in Philadelphia.

Brock Turner learned many things in his decade-plus of volunteer work with the Soccer Association of Boca Raton 's TOPSoccer program for special-needs athletes. "The one big thing it taught me was to be happy and thankful for what you've got," Turner said. "(The participants) can go out and have fun. They get to do something they like, and this just taught me to be happy with life and don't take anything for granted. " Turner, 19, of Boca Raton , was recently honored by the United States Youth Soccer Association as its National TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year during an awards ceremony in Philadelphia.

Florida's graduate schools are getting better and more nationally competitive, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report. While the magazine has long considered the University of Florida a top school for both graduate and undergraduate programs, some other state schools are getting respect in the magazine's recently released Best Graduate Schools guide. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is now ranked a top 50 research medical school. Florida International University's law school cracked the top 100 for the first time, while Florida State University's law school overtook UF as the state's top ranked.

Should we start calling our former governor Professor Crist? Well, he’s not exactly a professor yet, but Charlie Crist did give his first lecture Tuesday at Stetson University College of Law, the St. Petersburg Times reports . Crist, a lawyer by trade, certainly has a variety of experience to share with the students. In addition to serving as governor, he’s also been a legislator and the state’s Education Commissioner and Attorney General.

When Glades Day School opened in 1965, the founders' goal was no different from that of other white parents who started private high schools across the South in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Act: to duck federally mandated integration. More than 40 years later, Glades Day remains a largely all-white school, with just 23 blacks among its 270 upper-class students, a percentage of 8.5, and just 36 blacks among 344 pupils in the lower grades. Enrollment at two nearby public high schools, Glades Central and Pahokee, is more than 97 percent black and Latino.

Lovell graduates from Stetson University Erin Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of William and Pamela Lovell of Wellington, recently graduated from Stetson University in Deland with a bachelor of arts and sciences degree. She graduated magna cum laude with a major in communications, and journalism and marketing minors. She was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership and Lambda Pi Eta Communications honor societies. She served on the executive board of Pi Beta Phi sorority and was editor of the school newspaper.

CORAL GABLES -- Stetson University used an error to propel them to a 9-8 victory over the Miami Hurricanes in 10 innings Wednesday night. Catcher Tim Farrand reached second base on a throwing error. Second baseman Joe Taylor singled Farrand to third. Then left fielder Ed Cooney hit a ball up the middle. UM shortstop Jose Trujillo had no play and Farrand scored the winning run. Miami is 25-8, Stetson 23-12.

Real estate investor Marjorie Oster was pleased when she snagged what looked like a good deal through a Miami-Dade County foreclosure court auction: a four-bedroom house in Cutler Bay, with a swimming pool, for about $95,000. But when her husband drove by the next day to check on the property, he saw "someone cleaning the pool, a lawn service cutting the grass and a note it was being tented for termites," said Oster, a Miami resident who has been in real estate for 15 years. It turns out the house she thought she had purchased had been sold in a short sale the week before to someone else — Osberto Jimenez, a 40-year-old Cuban-born truck driver.

Summit Christian School senior Kaylee Anderson will follow in the footsteps of another Palm Beach County volleyball standout. Like St. Andrew's School alum Taylor Kennedy, Anderson will attend Stetson University in Central Florida after she graduates from Summit next year. Anderson has verbally committed to the Hatters and will sign her letter of intent in the near future. Summit Christian Coach Joe Herrera said Anderson, a setter and outside hitter, will play sand volleyball at Stetson.

Should we start calling our former governor Professor Crist? Well, he’s not exactly a professor yet, but Charlie Crist did give his first lecture Tuesday at Stetson University College of Law, the St. Petersburg Times reports . Crist, a lawyer by trade, certainly has a variety of experience to share with the students. In addition to serving as governor, he’s also been a legislator and the state’s Education Commissioner and Attorney General.

Marine Sgt. Eric Long recently received a Meritorious Mast while assigned to the Weapons Training Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Long was decorated by his commanding officer and received the award in recognition of his excellent performance. He is the son of Eric and Eva Long of Coral Springs. -- Stetson University student Lisa Marie Gonzalez has been accepted in the Stetson University Honors Program. To graduate Honors students must complete all Honors Program requirements, including eight honors classes and maintain a 3.0 average in honors courses.

Since childhood, Ruth Steur has been translating her thoughts into poetry. But it took 70 years to have one of those poems published. The Twilight Years, her optimistic look at aging, will be published in Windows on the World, a poetry anthology compiled by The National Library of Poetry. Steur, 81, is thrilled. In addition to her passion for poetry, the mother of four grown sons has had a lifetime commitment to volunteer work. She is an active volunteer at St. Andrews Towers complex in Coral Springs, where she lives, helping out during meal times, acting as receptionist one day a week and assisting some of the handicapped residents.